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Police receive 200-plus tips in Zahra's case

HICKORY (AP) — Hickory police say they have found someone other than a family member who saw a missing girl as late as Sept. 25.

Investigators said in a news release Saturday that they have received more than 200 tips about Zahra Clare Baker whose family reported her missing Oct. 9. The little girl uses hearing aids and a prosthetic leg because of bone cancer.

Hickory police would not comment further on the timeline or the case Saturday, but WCNC-TV in Charlotte reported that Zahra had been seen by employees at a Hickory furniture store.

In Your Home Furnishings floor manager Pat Adams told the television station that employees noted the little girl's prosthetic leg when she was in the store with her stepmother.

Elisa Baker has been charged with obstruction of justice in the girl's disappearance.